I was divorced in 1994. The divorce papers said if the house

Hello, I was divorced in...

Hello, I was divorced in 1994. The divorce papers said if the house sold that I would get a $1,000. At the time I did not care to collect but now need the money. Plus, we had a IRA together for about 3 years. any chance of me collecting on the 3 years?JA: Because real estate law varies from place to place, can you tell me what state this is in?Customer: Birmingham, ALJA: Has anything been filed or reported?Customer: Like what?JA: Anything else you want the lawyer to know before I connect you?Customer: He sold the house in 2002.

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There is a 20 year statute of limitations in Alabama for enforcing judgments, including divorce judgments. Since the divorce was more than 20 years ago, it is too late to enforce the judgment. If you had renewed the judgment at that time, you would be able to enforce it but now it is too late.

Even if it were not too late, you would not be able to get the IRA if it was not already addressed as part of the divorce judgment. Do you have any other questions?

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